Re: Security

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From: Ian Stirling
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:00

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Spike <spike1@news.freenet.co.uk> wrote:
>In the sacred domain of uk.comp.os.linux, Steve Dodd <dirk@loth.demon.co.uk> babbled thusly:
>> Lee Maguire <see-sig@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>> But (and this was my point) for someone wanting to check from an
>>> external box if the machine was online then being able to access
>>> it's webserver is as good an indication as a sucessful finger query.

>> It wouldn't necessarily tell you that *I* was logged in, though. My machine
>> dials out at some stupid time of the morning (ok, 7.30am <g>) under it's
>> own steam. You'll rarely find me at the keyboard at that time..

The BT website says 8AM is the cutoff.
When I setup mine, it goes off at 7:30, and a forced disconnect at 8AM,
if it's still online.

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From: Ian Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Security
Date: 1999/12/17
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